Moving Towards Recovery - Resources & Ideas

[Heather K]

Add your Ideas & Resources for reducing your energy use, creating a smaller carbon/earth footprint, and restoration steps towards 'Global Cooling" and Cultural Integration.

[Heather K]

Some Online Resources Discussions are within the group: 'Lights Out & Energy Quantification'.

Resources include ways to calculate energy useage/carbon footrprint.
(Also read the comment left by Ehben Eliot in regards to measuring your carbon footprint)
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/lightsoutenergyquantificati...

[Juliet Thompson]

Hi Heather,
What's your idea?
Love, Juliet

[Kate Clark]

I would like to maybe sit with a group and really help each other figure out our Truest Carbon Footprint. Then personally, I would like to set reduction goals for myself - I think it would really help me prioritize what I use. You have the 'low hanging fruit' of course, processed foods, new clothes, meat. Can I count something I already gave up? (ah, the bargaining stage!)

[Kate Clark]

This appears to be the same discussion going on on the Energy Addicts group---Heather, would you mind if we keep the recovery from energy addiction stuff on one Group? Otherwise, it can be confusing when two groups are so similar.

[Heather K]

Re calculations of carbon footprints: I'm not convinced any of these calculations really reflect the true cost of harmful effects on the environment, and on the health of the local human, animal & plant communities where many of our products & energy sources come from! But the calcuations can be a start in our collective awakening.

Re Kates comment below: its possibly you have missed that this is part of the "Energy Addicts Group, and is a place to compile our 'Resources & Ideas', so they are easier for others who join later to access.

My first posting was to refer us to a link that showed some ways to calculate energy useage/carbon footrprint, that was posted before this group was started.

Kate Clark said:

This appears to be the same discussion going on on the Energy Addicts group---Heather, would you mind if we keep the recovery from energy addiction stuff on one Group? Otherwise, it can be confusing when two groups are so similar.

[Kate Clark]

Heather- sorry we missed you today. We are meeting on the 15th at the Public Market in town here. We talked a bit about the distance thing, and are hoping that as times goes on we can start our own 'home groups' nearer where we live. I misunderstood the discussions/group/forum connection- sometimes this ning site is over my head!

Heather K said:

Re calculations of carbon footprints: I'm not convinced any of these calculations really reflect the true cost of harmful effects on the environment, and on the health of the local human, animal & plant communities where many of our products & energy sources come from! But the calcuations can be a start in our collective awakening.

Re Kates comment below: its possibly you have missed that this is part of the "Energy Addicts Group, and is a place to compile our 'Resources & Ideas', so they are easier for others who join later to access.

My first posting was to refer us to a link that showed some ways to calculate energy useage/carbon footrprint, that was posted before this group was started.

Kate Clark said:

This appears to be the same discussion going on on the Energy Addicts group---Heather, would you mind if we keep the recovery from energy addiction stuff on one Group? Otherwise, it can be confusing when two groups are so similar.